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LemernisLemernis Member, Moderator Posts: 4,318
edited May 2014 in General Discussion (Spoiler Warning!)
Who would you say are the most psychologically unbalanced characters in the BG series? And have you created any player-character concepts of your own that gave some of those characters a run for their money?

Rank them if you like.
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  • AristilliusAristillius Member Posts: 873
    Im not good at creating crazies :)

    I think the most psychologically unbalanced character is Neb the child-killer. Lots of characters are half crazy in bg 1/2, but most of them have enough of a rein on themselves that they can somewhat function in society, Neb is faaaaar out.
  • BlackravenBlackraven Member Posts: 3,486
    I'd like to add Mutamin as a contender.
    Somehow this seems to be Gnome territory. Besides Mutamin, and the already mentioned Neb, we have Kalah in BG2, and Tiax is pretty far gone as well.
  • jackjackjackjack Member Posts: 3,251
    Prism is in there somewhere.
  • simplessimples Member Posts: 540
    YAKMAN
  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    Jon Irenicus?
  • simplessimples Member Posts: 540
    edited May 2014
    noober
    edit: at least after i was done with him he could have blamed it on severe head trauma
  • FinaLfrontFinaLfront Member Posts: 260
    Portalbendarwinden

    Old hermit running around in only his diapers. Yeah that's not weird.
  • TressetTresset Member, Moderator Posts: 8,268
    edited May 2014
    So no one mentioned Xzar yet? Or Minsc for that matter? You guys are missing the obvious ones.
  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    And Minsc seems to be able to handle himself in society well enough, even with his issues.
  • FinaLfrontFinaLfront Member Posts: 260
    edited May 2014
    It's the sound set that makes him funny ass hell "crazy"

    All his dialogue is actually intellectually refreshing
  • LemernisLemernis Member, Moderator Posts: 4,318
    edited May 2014
    I'd say Sarevok is pretty twisted up (in addition to being evil) although there is a reality base to his grandiosity--he is a Bhaalspawn, after all. His scheme to start a war to resurrect Bhaal and then steal his portfolio is kinda nuts. Then again this is the Forgotten Realms we're talking about.
  • lunarlunar Member Posts: 3,460
    Most inmates at Spellhold are very crazy. Dradeel and Golodon the Unmanned being prime examples. Tiax, Edwin, Xzar all seem insane but they can function sane enough to be playable npcs and they can contribute to a party. The crazies in Spellhold can only be rallied into a suicide mission.
  • LemernisLemernis Member, Moderator Posts: 4,318
    There's Brage of course, but that's attributable to the cursed sword. He does sort of have PTSD from it, though.
  • LemernisLemernis Member, Moderator Posts: 4,318
    Re: Edwin he's sane but he's a narcissistic sociopath. That describes most evil wizards in the Realms, really.
  • LemernisLemernis Member, Moderator Posts: 4,318
    Even if we take Xan as the Realms' version of Richard Lewis his pessimism isn't exactly balanced. (Funny, though!)
  • dementeddemented Member Posts: 388
    Noober, he's not exactly what you would call a balanced individual.

    Elminster. Not to imply anything, but pestering strangers about their mental state doesn't seem all that well adjusted to me.
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